The Freedom Theatre, a community-based theater and cultural center in Jenin Refugee Camp, in occupied Palestine on the West Bank, will present Athol Fugard’s “The Island” at the Nafe Katter Theatre, 820 Bolton Road on the UConn campus in Storrs this weekend.

The drama, starring Faisal Abu Alhayjaa and Ahmed Alrakh of the Freedom Theatre, will play Friday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 7 at 2 and 7 p.m. The matinee will be followed by a question and answer session. The play is staged by Gary English, professor of drama at UConn and who last year served as The Freedom Theatre’s artistic director.

The show is co-sponsored by the Connecticut Repertory Theatre, the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at UConn, Brown University, Georgetown University David Performing Arts Center and the New York Theatre Workshop. The show is also supported by the Israel/Palestine Peace Education and Action Group of Northeastern Connecticut.

The play, using journal and email entries, chronicles the life of Corrie, follows her life story from her home in Olympia, Wash. To Rafah, Gaza where the 23-year-old pro-Palestinian activist was killed in 2003 by an Israeli bulldozer as she attempted to stop a Palestine home from being demolished.

The play was edited by English actor Alan Rickman, who directed the original London production. Ashley Mallow, a BFA acting student, plays Corrie in this production.

The admission-free show is presented by the departments of theater, peace studies, Middle East studies and the Center for International Education.

After the play, there will be a talk-back with Corrie’s parents, Cindy and Craig Corrie, and members of the Freedom Theatre from the Jenin Refugee Camp, who are on their first US tour.